Michael B. Horn, the co-founder of the Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation, sits down with EdNext Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss how to juggle the different paths through college, from the options in traditional higher education to certificate first programs.

Horn and co-author Clark G. Gilbert explored this further in an article for Education Next, "A Certificate, Then a Degree."
https://www.educationnext.org/certificate-then-degree-programs-help-tackle-college-completion-crisis/

Ep. 180 - Dec. 11, 2019 - Making the Right Choices with College

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An associate professor at Williams College, Owen Thompson, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Thompson's latest research, which looks into whether gifted and talented programs are also drivers of racial segregation in schools.

“Gifted and Talented Programs Don’t Cause School Segregation” is available now at Education Next.

https://www.educationnext.org/gifted-and-talented-programs-dont-cause-school-segregation/

Ep. 284 - March 20, 2023 - Do Gifted and Talented Programs Make Racial Segregation Worse?

An education columnist for the Washington Post, Jay Mathews, joins Education Next editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss Mathews' new book, "An Optimist’s Guide to American Public Education," and The Challenge Index, Mathews' annual ranking of  American high schools.

An excerpt from the book, "What I Learned in 23 Years Ranking America’s Most Challenging High Schools," by Mathews, is available now.

https://www.educationnext.org/what-i-learned-in-23-years-ranking-americas-most-challenging-high-schools/

Ep. 229 - March 24, 2021: An Optimist's Guide to American Public Education

An assistant professor at American University, Claudia Persico, joins Education Next editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss Persico's new research, which investigates whether students of color are being properly identified for special education.

"Segregation and Racial Gaps in Special Education," written with Todd E. Elder, David Figlio, and Scott Imberman, is available now.

https://www.educationnext.org/segregation-racial-gaps-special-education-new-evidence-on-debate-over-disproportionality/

Ep. 228 - March 17, 2021: Segregation and Racial Gaps in Special Education—New Evidence from Florida

A professor of psychology at the University of Virginia, Daniel T. Willingham, joins Education Next editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss how findings in education research can be better translated to help teachers in a live classroom setting.


Willingham's article, "Making Education Research Relevant: How researchers can give teachers more choices," co-written with David B. Daniel, is available now.

https://www.educationnext.org/making-education-research-relevant-how-researchers-can-give-teachers-more-choices/

Ep. 227 - March 10, 2021: Daniel Willingham on Making Education Research Relevant

The President of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, Mike Petrilli, joins Education Next editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss how education may remain changed since the Covid-19 pandemic, when teachers might return to schools full time, and why cameras in the classroom may be here to stay.

Petrilli's article, "A Post-Covid Case for Classroom Cameras," is available now.
https://www.educationnext.org/post-covid-case-classroom-cameras-pandemic-ends-keep-teachers-cameras-on/

Ep. 180 - Dec. 11, 2019 - Making the Right Choices with College

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